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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Steam Punk Finish

This week I finished the very last bit of sewing down the binding on my epic Steam Punk quilt that I started early in the year last year. It's been a long and enjoyable journey. Each block was an adventure in choosing fabric. For the sashing choice, I used a fabric from our shop, Polka Dot Tea, called Melange Yarn Dye in black, which is very much like Essex Yarn Dye in black only that it is a much finer weave and has less imperfections. It's now my go to fabric for adding a bit of a textural look in my project (sorry, it's sold out in black in the shop - we are waiting for the next shipment).

I do admit that I struggled a bit with making them look random and scrappy. I really struggled to get the look that Jen Kingwell had with hers, but by the end it was happening almost as if by accident and I was pleased with the perfectly imperfect look of the quilt.

I quilted this on my Gammill Statler Stitcher using a pattern called "Water Drops" which I think suits this quilt very well. I had debated for a long while about whether to custom quilt this or not, but in the end I felt that custom quilting it would be too "fussy" and against what I was trying to achieve with this quilt. The quilting provides the movement that I was hoping to achieve. All in all, I'm now very pleased with this finish and am now inspired to finish work on my Midnight at the Oasis quilt.

It looks great. I still have a long way to sew before mine is done. But after seeing yours, I migth get the kick, I neet. Yours really looks stunning. And I think it has the same feeling like Jen Kingwells.😊

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Just gorgeous Jeanette! I'm doing a class with Jen next month so have spent the last couple of days trying to work out which pattern to make. I love Steam Punk, but have now been told it's a hand pieced pattern. Did you hand or machine piece yours? I just asked this same question in QCA :)

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I am a long arm quilter specializing in edge to edge (all over) quilting on my computerized Gammill Statler Stitcher.
I love all stages of making a quilt and I am especially drawn to trying anything new. I am also the proud mom of two young boys and wife to an Australian sheep and cattle farmer.